COLUMBUS, Ohio — March 4, 2024
Key takeaways
- Todd Kegler joined BakerHostetler’s Columbus office as a partner in the firm’s Business Practice Group and a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions team.
- Kegler joins from a Chambers-ranked firm, where he was chair of the M&A practice, and focuses his practice on a variety of complex business transactions, including M&A transactions with financial and strategic investors, recapitalizations, Employee Stock Ownership Plan transactions, joint ventures, and other strategic investments.
- His arrival is the latest strategic addition to the firm’s national Business Practice Group, which most recently welcomed M&A partners Sol Sassoon and Melissa Leonard.
Why this matters
Kegler’s arrival is part of the strategic expansion of BakerHostetler’s national Business Practice Group, which has welcomed more than 80 attorneys since the start of 2022, and its focus on growth in the Columbus market. With an impressive three decades of experience at a premier Ohio firm, Kegler further strengthens BakerHostetler’s impressive M&A capabilities, both in Columbus and across the United States.
Key quote
“With M&A activity expected to increase throughout 2024, adding dynamic talent, like Todd Kegler, to our impressive roster of talented attorneys, will be an immediate asset to our clients,” said John Allotta, chair of BakerHostetler’s Business Practice Group. “Todd is an exceptional attorney with an impressive deal sheet and significant connections in the business community that will significantly bolster our capabilities. We’ve all known Todd and worked on the other side of deals from him for years, and I’m thrilled that he is joining our team.”
About Kegler’s practice
Kegler has significant experience representing clients on complex business transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, recapitalizations, reorganizations, ESOP formations, joint ventures, and other strategic investments. He regularly advises sellers and buyers, including private equity groups sponsoring leveraged recapitalizations and reorganizations. Kegler’s clients are involved in an array of industries, including manufacturing, health care, restaurants, franchising, retail, building and construction materials, technology, advertising and marketing, and professional services.
In addition to his M&A practice, Kegler has substantial experience with a wide range of business planning matters relating to C corporations, S corporations, limited liability companies and limited partnerships. He counsels a variety of companies and entrepreneurs on business formation, capital raising, employee matters, strategic agreements, shareholder agreements, complex partnership and limited company agreements, debt and equity agreements, and confidentiality and noncompetition agreements.
Kegler received his B.A. from DePauw University and his J.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Law.
Key quote
“Bringing on a partner of Todd’s caliber delivers the message that BakerHostetler is a prominent force in the corporate market, particularly in regard to middle market M&A work,” said Mark Hatcher, managing partner of the firm’s Columbus office. “Todd’s legal practice exemplifies the highest levels of sophistication, commercial insights, quality and responsiveness. He will be instrumental in helping both our new and existing clients achieve their goals.”
About the Business Practice Group
BakerHostetler’s Business Practice Group handles thousands of corporate transactions each year. The full-service team, consisting of more than 250 attorneys in offices across the United States, has extensive experience closing all varieties of transactions — including mergers and acquisitions and private equity, real estate, debt finance, capital markets and securities, health care and regulatory, restructuring and bankruptcy, emerging companies and venture capital, and commercial transactions, as well as other matters central to a company’s success. A national group with a global reach, BakerHostetler’s Business Practice Group is consistently named a go-to firm by both Chambers USA and Legal 500. For more information, visit bakerlaw.com/services/business/. Connect with us on X, formerly known as Twitter, at @BakerHostetler or on LinkedIn @BakerHostetler, @JohnAllotta, @MarkHatcher or @ToddKegler.
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